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Virginia Lee Kehl

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Description: Virginia Lee Kehl, 3rd gereration Kehl dancer in tutu. Inscribed "To grandapa from Virgina Lee".
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Kehl Founding Fathers

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Description: Portrait of the 5 Kehl brothers from Germany. Shown are Gottfried, Leo, Willy, Adam and Frederick Kehl.
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Bridal Dance

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Description: Virgina Lee Kehl and twins Jo Ann and Jo Jean Kehl perform in a bridal number in costumes designed and crafted by Mrs. Genevieve Kehl.
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Leo Kehl and Partner FiFi D'Orsay

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Description: Leo T. Kehl, youngest son of founder F.W. Kehl of Kehl's Dancing Academy, and partner FiFi D'Orsay. FiFi was one of several Kehl pupils who went on to beco...
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1940 Parkway Theatre

Date: 1940
Description: Wedding Scene annual recital with Virginia Lee Kehl. Train Bearers are JoJean and JoAnn Kehl.
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Leo Kehl and Patti

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Description: Leo Kehl, head of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, Wis., introduces Patti, his first dancing granddaughter.
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Dancing Kehl Twins

Date: 1941
Description: Dancing Kehl twins, Jo Ann and Jo Jean Kehl, born 1936. They wear matching dresses, shoes, and bows in their hair.
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Mrs. Kehl Feeds An Infant

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Description: Genevieve Kehl, the wife of Leo Kehl, assisted her husband in many ways in the operation of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison. In addition to work on th...
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Dancers Leo Kehl and Helen Poole

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Description: Dancers Leo T. Kehl and Helen Powell Poole, pose for a publicity photograph.
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Leo Kehl and Students

Date: 08 13 1929
Description: Leo T. Kehl with a line formation of students, most wearing tap or ballroom shoes. In addition to operation of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, Kehl pr...
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Adagio Duet

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Description: An unidentified couple, students of the Kehl School of Dance, in ballet Adagio. Their costumes were made by Genevieve Kehl.
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Jo Ann Janus performs in Dance Concert

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Description: Jo Ann Janus, 4th generation Kehl, and the youngest daughter of Jo Jean Kehl Janus, performs in the Kansas University Dance Department concert. She won the...
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Dancing Pair

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Description: Leo T. Kehl and an unidentified dancing partner.
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Dancers in Training

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Description: Young children practice ballroom dancing, under the direction of Leo T. Kehl. In addition to the students of the Kehl School of Dance, Kehl also taught boy...
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Kehl Dance Class

Date: 1907
Description: Dance class in the ballroom at the Kehl School of Dance, Madison, Wisconsin. Professor Kehl stands at the lower right, while a row of mothers watch from b...
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Leo Kehl

Date: 1940
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Leo Kehl. It is inscribed, "To Marion Hughes, May you always be happy to the dancing profession. Your teacher, Leo Kehl".
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Kehl Students In Ballet Costumes

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Description: Three students at the Kehl School of Dance pose in ballet costume. From left to right: Jo Jean Kehl, Joan Batz, Jo Ann Kehl.
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Learning to Dance

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Description: Virginia Lee Kehl, a third generation of the Kehl family involved in dance instruction in Madison, demonstrates a ballet "tendu" to a young dancer in costu...
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Colonial Dance

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Description: Students of the Kehl School of Dance perform in colonial costumes. Leo Kehl, the son of the studio founder is wearing the dark costume on the right.
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Leo Kehl on The American Dancer Cover

Date: 08 1937
Description: Cover of The American Dancer magazine featuring Leo Kehl, head of the Kehl School of Dance and Genevieve Esse Kehl.

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